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NMSU Takes Step Toward Requiring Freshmen To Live On Campus

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Officials took the first step toward requiring most incoming freshmen at New Mexico State University to live on campus for one year.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that the university's Board of Regents approved a resolution Friday in support of requiring incoming freshmen to live in student housing.

They also expressed interest in possible exemptions from the requirement, such as students who live within a certain distance of campus and military veterans who are attending college for the first time.

University President GarreyCurruthers indicated that the requirement could open the door for the university to enter into public-private partnerships with companies to provide additional on-campus housing.

Regent Kari Mitchell expressed concern that the university was mandating a market for a potential public-private partnership.